| Type | Sports |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Broadcast area | Indian subcontinent |
| Network | Star India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Hindi Bengali Kannada Tamil Telugu |
| Picture format | 4K UHD HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Network18 Group |
| Sister channels | Disney Star Channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 28 October 1996 |
| Links | |
| Website | hotstar |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Disney+ Hotstar | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam |
| Hotstar | Canada, United Kingdom and Singapore |
Star Sports Network is a group of Indian pay television sports channels owned by Network18 Group, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, the channel currently holds rights of flagship tournaments like Indian Premier League, ICC Events, Premier League, ONE Championship, Wimbledon etc.
The networks were initially formed in 1991 as a joint venture between Star TV and Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) known as Prime Sports, taking their name from TCI's U.S. regional sports networks of the same name. In 1996, Star agreed to merge its sports networks in Asia with those of its rival ESPN, forming ESPN Star Sports. In June 2012, News Corporation acquired ESPN's stake in the joint venture; its corporate successor 21st Century Fox was, in turn, acquired by ESPN's majority-owner The Walt Disney Company in 2019.
Star Sports is a major broadcaster of cricket in India, holding the pay television rights to domestic national team matches, the Indian Premier League, and International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments. Streaming rights to many Star Sports properties are held in India by sister streaming service Disney+ Hotstar.